Chapter 26 of Brave and Bold is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of Brave and Bold is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUT ON THE OCEAN. We must now go back nearly two years. Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean. They looked gaunt and famished. For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
Chapter 26 of Brave and Bold is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading “For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.”
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.”
extremely hungry
From this reading “They looked gaunt and famished.”
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading “Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.”
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading “They looked gaunt and famished.”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “OUT ON THE OCEAN.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They looked gaunt and famished.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
extremely hungry
From this reading They looked gaunt and famished.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
From this reading They looked gaunt and famished.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They looked gaunt and famished.
the force of workers available
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading OUT ON THE OCEAN.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OUT ON THE OCEAN.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading OUT ON THE OCEAN.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OUT ON THE OCEAN.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They looked gaunt and famished.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading For a week they had lived on short allowance, and now for two days they had been entirely without food.
a late time of life
From this reading We must now go back nearly two years.
Chapter 26 of Brave and Bold by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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